door difference in years

[warbird1]

i have a 1972 chevy long bed that i just picked up as a project. the drivers door has been replaced with (i'm guessing) an earlier year. it has a metal interior panel whereas the passenger side has the plastic interior panel and plus the color matches the rest of the truck so i can safely assume its original...my question is.
i like the metal interior panel and im wondering if i can purchase earlier style metal interior panel and will it fit the 72 door?
2nd question is. i notice that in all the parts listings i see they note a different PN for the window regulator between 67-71 and 72....anybody know the differences in the doors? and whether i can retro fit a 1972 door to fit the 67-71 hardware?


thank you in advance

[terry b]

Regulator for 1972 is longer to pass through the thicker door panel. Don't know if metal door panel will fit but it may.

[El Dorado Jim]

you will have to change the window regulator to an older one, and then I think you are good to go

[special-K]

Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim

you will have to change the window regulator to an older one, and then I think you are good to go

That's it. You described the differences yourself in your post and we are just confirming. '72-only molded panels require '72-only door controls (longer). Everything 67-71 uses the same parts and just panel styling changed...on the vinyl versions. The metal panels are exactly the same 67-71 and so are the controls. You can put the early steel panel on your '72 door but the handle will sitting out from the panel.

[warbird1]

thank you all, that's pretty much what I was hoping. I need new regulators anyway since at some point in the past someone lost the handles and decided vice grips were a good idea. SMH

[Richard]

The 72 doors will have a screw on the inside just below the vent widow post. Others have stated the mechanical differences.